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Nimroud Sculptures...Flight of an Arab Mounted upon a Camel, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

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Nimroud Sculptures, just received at the British Museum - Flight of an Arab Mounted upon a Camel, 1850. Engraving of '...a fine, though unfortunately broken slab, representing the flight of an Arab mounted on a camel: he is closely pursued by two horsemen, whom he seems to be deriding, or from whom he may be imploring quarter. His pursuers ride with their lances directed towards the ground, for the purpose, doubtless, of despatching the wounded, several of whom are scattered about. The Arab guides his camel by the aid of a halter only. In rendering the attitude of the camel, whether in motion or at rest, the ancient sculptor has been remarkably successful'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM22A34_144

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

63,7Mo (3,0Mo) / 42,0cm x 38,0cm / 4960 x 4491 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal people male sport man men animals horses horse riding rider arts Middle East carving sculpture art guy British museum Middle Eastern camel camels handicraft handicrafts carved race location Victorian British Museum century gesturing Britain races racing newspapers press horse racing exhibition exhibit B&W horse race hand gesture engraved engraving hand Gestures 19th century black & white black and white B W Asia Minor nineteenth century The Print Collector Assyria Assyrian Babylonia Babylonian Illustrated London News TGN ILN horse-race horse-racing newspaper Unknown 19th-century Hand Carved